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When I first started in 2020 this was an amazing place to work. Fun , easy going . Pretty laid back , no supervisors breathing down your neck . Mainly doing the job I was hired for . I’ve been here for 3 years. Now I’ve officially did every single job. I’m never on one job, it’s super stressful work environment , everyone is telling on each other (almost fighting) for petty stuff and after being here 3 years it just keeps going down hill. We got a new supervisor 3 times now. 1 breathes down your neck and he can’t keep his opinions to his self 
They can’t keep anyone to stay and work the only reason most of us stay is because of the benefits (at this point it’s the only plus side to this job)
But let me start over. We have supervisors that are cool and others that think they own the whole building and want to just make your life hard. I understand this is a job but no reason to constantly make it harder. I’ve been moved around the entire plant doing different jobs and most I got the hang of but they add new rules every day so if you mess up you lose money and risk being fired. Every job is production so one week you can make 600-700$ but the next your making 200-300$ it’s very very un reliable    ,
Not a great place to work at all any more upper management seems like they have no clue what they are doing because all they do is add rules , act nice to your face and then move you around to different jobs and wonder why everyone quits , you never know when you are working or when you are not working. You never know if today is your last day here . It always depends on Darlene’s mood or your supervisors mood. In the policy it states and I quote
 ‘ All overtime must be voluntary. The facility must have an internal policy that states employees are free to decline over time. Employees must also be given adequate notice of future planned overtime work.’
But nobody that works here has ever heard that. Most weeks we are working Saturday with little to if not any notice. They act like you want to always be here and even the ones who have been here 10+ years are tired of it. No one likes to be told the day of or at the end of your shift your working a Saturday or Sunday you was not scheduled for . Then adding random rules to dumb down every body like no swearing , no headphones no going (as in even walking to break area across the building) to break early ,
No bring drinks , phones on to the floor (where your at all day). Upper management seems so nice until you get on there bad side . Or in general they like to make you guess what your gonna be doing there’s a joke about , “it’s not voluntary it’s voluntold” & there is also a joke about “Kontoor is now your hobby so get rid of your other ones.”
This place has killed the encouragement and motivation in most of us and I could speak all day on how they just make your job none enjoyable and dull in every possible way. They definitely have favorites as many people get paid more to do less. And many people get paid less to do more. Not right.

What is the best part of working at the company?
There really isn't one. The people are conniving and selfish. Totally not a team environment. The they work you to death without a clear understanding of how you get paid.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Floor manager tends to freak out and moves too many people to one location and it gets very crowded, and people are rude to each other. They give you a stack of new orders (stickers to be placed on boxes) and you hope to get as many as you can before the people from the beginning of the line push their boxes into your area. Basically it's and assembly line to fill orders. So you have to do your orders but also pick for their orders rolling through to the next area. Not every box will have a pick from your area so you can roll those on to the next area and they'll pick and move it on to the next  until it's completed.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It's all geared towards the people that have been there a while. They are called the limpiadores. The cleaners.... Management will move everyone out of an area and leave them behind to hog all the orders or picks. They are the ones that get most of the box starts or orders done. While everyone else is running around starving they are left to feast.  They don't care about the new people they'll just hire more. Very few and I mean very few people stick around past the training period. Because they make it sound like you can earn so much more than the training pay but to reach 100% is nearly impossible. If you look at the progress sheets at the main entrance you'll notice most people are earning less the the people in training. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stressful.... You clock in and basically try and get to your spot before anyone else moves in. Hopefully there's orders you and work on left from the first shift. Then you hope they don't overcrowd you and people want to come take or (help) you with your orders. Newbies are on a guarantee so they don't know you're fighting for every pick and box start you can. Also this place is filthy. There is so much black dust on the ground. They only clean the warehouse when an inspection is coming. Last time we cleaned there was so much dust flying around several people were sick the next day including myself, but we're only given so much time off so you have to work through it or be fired.

I worked here as a college student. As an associate- typical day consisted of completing simple checklists for each area of the store (cleaning, organizing, sales/register). My store management team were great to work with as I felt they listened to my concerns and needs. When I was promoted to management, I typically helped open the store, with some occasional nights. 

However, the transition into LWCC was a lot. There was a lot of overhaul of technology and store standards. During this time, they expected store management to take on additional projects at the same time. Raises were about 10 to 20 cents. Wage used to be 7.25 before going up to 10 after the transition. My position was $13. As an associate, I think they gave maybe 10-20 cent raises. Most likely the high turnover rate was because of this.

In conclusion, lots of flexibility, easy work environment (aside from dealing with customers), low pay, high expectations for sales and standards, lack of corporate organization

Good entry job for beginner retail employees. Quality of management will depend on the store.

I used to brag about this place before kontoor bought it out. I work in a department where I was able to work longer days for more days off in the week like the rest on my team wanted AND could work extra if we wanted the overtime! Now, they're changing our schedule to Monday-Thursday every week which nobody on our department chose to join the department for that. We chose our department because of the schedule and now they're taking that away, taking all overtime away while at the same time hiring two more shifts for the same department. Make it make sense! The rest of the warehouse has no idea what their schedule is going to be anymore. About 6 months ago they were working 7 days a week straight for about two months and then they were told to leave early in the week. They were told on a Tuesday not to come back until next Monday and last week the whole company except for my department and shipping was laid off on an every other week basis so, they work a week and off the next. No pay from the company, back to the phone with unemployment. The problem is in this new management. We had a good thing until vf became kontoor. If it's not broke don't fix it!

While the workplace exudes an initial veneer of charm, it's evident that the internal teams lack a fundamental understanding of production processes, with interns often tasked with pivotal decisions such as image selection for photoshoots. Across various LBUs for Wrangler and Lee, a glaring lack of real-world production experience stifles the company's progress, leading to creative choices influenced by personal biases rather than market evidence.

Nepotism and favoritism seem to reign supreme, with internal relationships taking precedence over industry expertise. It's all too clear that career progression hinges more on schmoozing than actual skill and knowledge. A radical overhaul is desperately needed, with an urgent call for seasoned industry professionals to inject their expertise and a complete restructuring of the workflow.

In conclusion, the workplace, while not entirely unbearable, is plagued by a chaotic workflow and rampant nepotism, hindering its true potential and stifling innovation.there.

Kontoor has introduced good policies that arose during the pandemic. Work from home became a permanent option, and flexible Fridays allow you to work a compressed work schedule to check out at 12 on Fridays. All of these were great changes directly from our CEO.

Howover, as these policies trickled down though the company, they didn't work with the reality that most folks are expected to do a gargantuan amount of work. The flexible Fridays went unused because that time was needed to make sure the expectations of your role was met. It was clear that the WFH policy was only in name for many, as managers required them to report to an empty office. Often directors who were not in my leadership chain used my team as an extension of their department, assigning huge projects to my already spread thin team. Big picture projects are ill defined, start creeping in scope immediately, and lack measureable goals.

The people you work with every day are great, but there is an air of exhaustion and unhappiness that permeants the company. 

There are good people who work at Kontoor, and a few years ago, I would say this is the best place I’ve ever worked. Unfortunately at this moment, that is no longer true.  The workplace culture has changed rather dramatically in the last year or so. Morale is down, and really good people are leaving all the time. New people coming in don’t get trained to do their jobs, and this causes issues. Most new people don’t last because the amount of work combined with constant delays and poor morale, have made the work environment fairly toxic, in my opinion. As an employee, we know that major layoffs are about to take place with the current restructuring of the company, so my advise would be to stay away from taking a position here, if possible. I’m truly hoping that upper management can gain the trust of employees again and be the wonderful company they once were. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
The people and the culture.  Kontoor genuinely cares about its people and does the right things for the team.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Since the DTC division is smaller you need to wear a lot of hats.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Fantastic.  The company makes well thought through decisions that keep the business well positioned without sacrificing the team.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I had a specific routine for each day and week, so I would systematically check certain steps to ensure the teams were on point, then dive into current projects.  A few conference calls would be peppered throughput the day.

Management treats all their employees as though they are mentally challenged, minus their favorites. Raises are hardly ever given and when they are it's just small change. For the pay, you are extremely overburdened with freight and expected to handle the large masses of customers alone about 80% of the time. Sales and promo signs were often placed in wrong sections of the sales floor causing a lot of anger and confusion on the customer's end. There was also no point in recovery since due the high volume the whole store would be trashed again in a matter of minutes. Hours are also non existent and they will not give more than 28. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Honesty, straight forward information on production based pay, lots of paid time off, they keep you busy even if working different departments, inexpensive benefits

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
My inability to work faster, most positions are productivity based pay, if you do 1 hour worth of work in 2 hours your pay goes down 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Safety first, fast pace, very inclusive for all ethnicity and lifestyle people 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Get to work, receive work assignment, get it done as fast as I can, move on to next assignment, take required breaks, when we get work done early we go home

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